M Hamid
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{{infobox officeholder
|name=M Hamid
|native_name=এম হামিদ
|native_name_lang=bn
|office=Director General of Bangladesh Television
|term_end=2 April 2014
|successor=Abdul Mannan (acting)
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|alma_mater=Jagannath College
|spouse={{marriage|Falguni Hamid|1978}}
|children=Tonima Hamid Prantar Hamid
|relatives={{ubl|K. M. Khalid (brother)|Mahmud Sajjad (brother)}}
}}
M Hamid ({{langx|bn|এম হামিদ}}) is a Bangladeshi dramatist and theatre personality.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-96913|title=Natyalay turns two|date=14 July 2009|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}} He served as the director general of Bangladesh Television from March 2012 until April 2014.{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2012/03/08/hamid-is-new-btv-boss|title=Hamid is new BTV boss|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=20 October 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/02/04/haroon-or-rashid-nesar-uddin-new-dgs-of-btv-betar|title=Haroon-or-Rashid, Nesar Uddin new DGs of BTV, Betar|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=20 October 2019|date=4 February 2016}} He is a former chief executive officer of RTV, a Bangladeshi satellite television channel.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-108567|title=The key to success|date=6 October 2009|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}} He served as the founding president of the theatrical group Natyachakra.{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/05/d40305140188.htm|title=A dedicated couple in drama lane : An evening with M Hamid and Falguni Hamid|work=The Daily Star|date=5 March 2004|access-date=19 October 2019|author=Ershad Kamol}}{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/07/01/d407011402113.htm|title=Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation|work=The Daily Star|date=1 July 2004|access-date=20 October 2019}}
Hamid was awarded 2018 Shilpakala Padak in dramatics by the government of Bangladesh.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/seven-cultural-icons-receive-shilpakala-padak-2018-1772353|title=Seven cultural icons to receive Shilpakala Padak 2018|date=17 July 2019|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}}
Early life
Hamid was a student of Jagannath College. He served as a Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) cultural secretary. He debuted theatrical acting in the play Shurjamahal by Kalyan Mitra. He, along with his friends, established the theatrical group Natyachakra in September 1972. As of 2004, he had directed eight plays for Natyachakra.
Career
Hamid worked at Bangladesh Television from 1980 until his retirement in 2006. He served as the director of National Institute of Mass-communication (NIMCO).{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/11/09/d511091402119.htm|title=Nimco introduces certificate course on film direction|work=The Daily Star|date=9 November 2005|access-date=19 October 2019}} In 2011, he joined as a managing director of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (FDC) and went on to become its director general until he left the position in 2012.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-206404|title=Hamid joins FDC|date=14 October 2011|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-208335|title=Discussions|date=29 October 2011|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-227984|title=Book launching ceremony|date=28 March 2012|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}}
Hamid served as the chairperson and president of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF).{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-32246|title=BGTF celebrates Chaitra Shankranti|date=16 April 2008|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-78993|title=BGTF condolence for Pilkhana victims|date=9 March 2009|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-25795|title=Patho Natok Utsab '08 inaugurated|date=3 March 2008|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}} He was an executive member of Shammilito Shangskritik Jote (SSJ).{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-121146|title=SSJ's council after eight years|date=10 January 2010|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}}
Hamid was awarded Badruddin Hossain Memorial Award by Padatik Natya Sangsad.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-180839|title=Padatik's Theatre Fest Begins|date=8 April 2011|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019}}
Personal life
Hamid is married to Falguni Hamid (née Roy Chowdhury), a retired television and stage actress, since 24 December 1978.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/ম-হামিদ-ও-ফালগুনী-হামিদের-ভালোবাসার-গল্প/26703|script-title=bn:ম হামিদ ও ফালগুনী হামিদের ভালোবাসার গল্প|work=Ekushey TV|language=bn|date=12 February 2018|access-date=20 October 2019}} Together they have a daughter, Tonima Hamid.{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/03/15/d603151402111.htm|title=Falguni on daughter Tonima|work=The Daily Star|access-date=19 October 2019|date=15 March 2006|author=Ershad Kamol}}
Among Hamid's five brothers, K. M. Khalid is a former State Minister of Cultural Affairs and actor Mahmud Sajjad (d. 2021).{{Cite web|title=Actor Mahmud Sajjad dies from COVID complications at 73|url=https://bdnews24.com/entertainment/2021/10/24/actor-mahmud-sajjad-dies-from-covid-complications-at-73|access-date=2021-11-13|website=bdnews24.com}}
References
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External links
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Category:Bangladeshi dramatists and playwrights
Category:Bangladeshi theatre directors
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